Biomedical Scientist - Haematology

Scarborough, England, United Kingdom

7/25/2025

Would you like a rewarding career at the heart of healthcare?

A vacancy has arisen for a Biomedical Scientist within the Blood Sciences pathology department at Scarborough Hospital.

The successful candidate will be part of a team providing an efficient, high quality diagnostic service through participation in the specialist technical and scientific operations within the Haematology and Blood Transfusion department Department.

The department is fully equipped with the Sysmex XN haematology analysers, Sysmex CN coagulation analysers and Grifols Eflexis analysers and Gel Column technology in Blood Transfusion.

Please note it will be a contractual requirement to participate in the 24/7 shift system upon successful competency assessment in the department.

We value our staff and fully support their professional development. For example, we have regular meetings on current topics and cases and we encourage our team to attend training courses.

As an IBMS approved training laboratory, we encourage and support all Band 5 staff to obtain the IBMS Specialist Diploma. For Band 6 staff, we encourage and support staff in achieving the IBMS Higher Specialist Diploma to enable career progression.

The laboratory is UKAS accredited and has MHRA compliance.

Please get in touch with us to arrange a tour of the laboratory to see for yourself what an interesting and friendly place it is!

Under Supervision

• To carry out the analysis of patient samples, quality controls (QC) and external quality assessment samples (EQA) according to departmental SOPs and departmental Quality Assurance Policy.
• To ensure that specialist equipment within the area of work is functioning efficiently through good housekeeping, troubleshooting and preventive maintenance.
• Technical validation of patient results.
• Communicate effectively with clinicians, nurses and other service users on information of a technical nature.
• To undertake shift work including evening, weekend and night work. This will involve working mostly alone and includes the provisional authorisation of results that are used for immediate patient management, carrying potentially serious consequences if any errors occur in the process
  
  

Applications from those working towards completion of the IBMS portfolio for HCPC registration may be considered.

Our Benefits

We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A generous relocation package of up to 30% of salary (capped at £18k) to support with relocation expenses for hard to fill positions where relocation would be an expectation to undertake the role fully. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
  
  

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gemma Maxwell Job title: Chief Biomedical Scientist Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01723 385183